After crossing the Colombo Mountains, there is a canyon. The road is relatively smooth, and the carriage does not bounce as violently as before, so as not to cause dizziness.
Lilith was still driving the carriage, while Katia and I sat in the back. Surprisingly, Julius and Lilith had somehow developed a pretty good relationship.
Is it because Lilith is an orc?
Look at those ears…
Could Lilith be a cat-like creature?
However, Lilith still harbored a trace of hostility towards Katia, not towards Katia herself, but towards the strong aura of a "forbidden witch" emanating from her.
Although I don't know why Katia has the aura of a "forbidden witch," I do understand one thing.
Katya is Katya, not the so-called "Forbidden Witch," at least she doesn't have any ill intentions towards me.
After passing through this canyon, you will come to a fork in the road. There are three roads in total. The wide and undivided road leads to "Burjenia", and the other road leads to "Truneia".
The remaining fork in the road is our destination, leading to "Robertia".
Lilith only gave a brief description of the Seventh Prince's situation, seemingly expressing remorse for not protecting me.
To my surprise, the man named Silas did not kill me or Lilith. His so-called homemade poison was just a drug that disrupted magic and caused people to fall into a coma.
In other words, the man named Silas never intended to kill us in the first place.
I don't know exactly why, but the mage beside Silas is no ordinary person, as even Lilith couldn't detect the danger in time.
But he remained silent throughout, and apart from barrier magic, I didn't see him use any similar offensive magic. In any case, this became my first opportunity to come into contact with barrier magic.
As night fell, I didn't urge Lilith to continue the journey as before. Instead, I found a relatively safe place to rest and waited until dawn the next day before continuing our journey.
Upon entering the borders of Robbie, the vibrant green landscape is replaced by a world of rocks and sand.
I learned this from Julius.
"Robebia" was once the territory of the Demon King Prolas. For some reason, the Demon King Prolas suddenly disappeared. Since then, this area has been gradually occupied by humans, which is how "Robebia" came to be today.
Although it is much larger than Kylorans, it is almost devoid of vegetation. The ground is dry and cracked, and many places have huge tiered terrain with varying elevations. There are even rocks taller than a person scattered around, making it a land that resembles a natural maze.
Perhaps because it was once the territory of the Demon King Proras, the concentration of magic here is very high, and various powerful monsters inhabit it.
Therefore, many merchants dare not venture into "Robobia" unless they hire powerful adventurers as escorts.
This is the fundamental reason why Robbie can only be considered a small country, both economically and in terms of national strength.
"I never knew this kitten knew so much!"
I would give the same assessment as the "Magic Stone Disease" back then.
This made me wonder if this guy was some kind of "great sage" reincarnated, just like myself?
"Julius? Do you know about 'gods and men'?"
At that moment, it seemed like something suddenly occurred to me. Since Julius knew so much, he must know a lot about the "gods and men".
"A 'god among men'? Never heard of that name before? It seems like only the 'Seven Great Powers' could claim to be gods! Leon…where did you hear that name?"
"Hmm... I found out in a dream. Anyway, he's a guy with a twisted sense of humor!"
"Even Julius doesn't know?"
This made me start to doubt the true identity of the "human god".
Based on current records, the name "human god" does not exist in this world. Although the description of the "seven great powers" is extremely simple, at least the names of the "seven great powers" are mentioned, but "human god" does not exist.
However, there are no records of it.
Perhaps he really is a so-called god? Or am I just overthinking things?
However, it's not necessarily a bad thing at the moment. As long as I pay more attention, I won't become someone who is led by the nose by him.
Because Robbie is full of rocks and has a very steep terrain, the carriage had to slow down. Even so, the violent jolts were still very uncomfortable.
"Huh!? Lilith! Hold on for a second!"
After entering the territory of "Robebia", Julius would say this every now and then, and then fly away alone into the distance, returning after about ten minutes.
"Sorry to keep you waiting! Let's go!"
Lilith didn't seem surprised by Julius's behavior. As if by some kind of agreement, she would stop the carriage whenever Julius said such a thing.
"Um... Julius, what have you been busy with since the beginning? Is there something ahead?"
I was originally planning to let Katya ask the question, but seeing her knowing expression, it seemed like I was the only one kept in the dark.
"Hehe! Of course, it's about eliminating all the idiots who stand in our way!"
Julius, however, adopted a posture as if waiting for my praise, and I seemed to have the illusion that its nose was being stretched very long. (This is a reference to the fairy tale "Pilochus")
"Um...it seems like some kind of monster has appeared ahead!"
At this moment, I really admired Julius. Even Lilith couldn't smell the monster, but Julius was able to detect it immediately.
"Hmph! Compared to me, they're just a bunch of overconfident idiots!"
"..."
I don't know why, but when I saw Julius's "Praise me! Praise me!" expression, I suddenly didn't know what to say.
In short, its nose was stretched extremely long at that moment...
To be honest, having this kind of perception is really convenient. If I had this kind of perception, I could detect enemies even if they were far away and take appropriate action.
Is it really true that so many monsters inhabit this main road?
If they were on a road that was off the main road, it would be understandable that so many monsters would appear, but Julius had to take action almost every half hour.
If that were really the case? How did Princess Nishinoru arrive in Kylorans unharmed?
Even Olivia's Knights alone couldn't handle so many monsters! I'm not saying Olivia doesn't have the strength, but the monsters inhabiting such an environment are probably not as simple as low-level monsters.
"Is it because of that magical calamity? Even the monsters far away in Robebia were alarmed. It's truly terrifying."
I couldn't help but start to worry about Collins, the town at the epicenter of the calamity.
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